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Edward Cancer Center patient Judy O'Brien, 72, was diagnosed in January 2014 with stage 4 colon cancer that had spread to her liver. After receiving chemotherapy and having surgery to remove the tumors in her colon, O'Brien met with doctors to discuss the surgical removal of the lesions in her liver. It was then she learned the lesions were inoperable and her only option was to manage their growth with continued chemotherapy. However, on Thanksgiving Day she received a call from her surgeon, George Salti, MD, who had some welcome news. "Dr. Salti said he had a new idea and wanted to give it a try. That's how I learned about the NanoKnife," says O'Brien,...

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